Important Art Terms

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Across
  1. 5. the line in an artwork where the water or land ends and the sky begins.
  2. 8. a form of linear perspective in which all lines appear to meet at a single point on the horizon
  3. 10. the section of a picture which appears closest to the viewer and often is at the bottom of the picture
  4. 12. the process and result of critical thinking about art; usually involves the description, analysis, and interpretation of works of art, as well as judgment or determination of the quality of the piece
  5. 13. colors created when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color to create another color, such as red-violet, blue-green; also called tertiary colors
  6. 14. What colors are red, yellow & blue?
  7. 16. What colors are violet, green & orange?
  8. 17. A term given to forms created by the artist but usually derived from objects actually observed or experienced
  9. 18. the areas of space that are in and around the subject matter. The negative spaces define the subject matter
Down
  1. 1. balance in which the elements branch out from a central point
  2. 2. a color scheme that uses one color and all of the tones, tints, and shades that can be derived from it.
  3. 3. colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and are related by a single hue; e.g. red, red-orange, and orange .
  4. 4. Two colors which are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
  5. 6. a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.
  6. 7. This designates the common name of a color and indicates its position in the spectrum or the color circle
  7. 9. colors that can be created by mixing a primary and a secondary color. The tertiary colors fall between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel
  8. 10. the area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the center of interest)
  9. 11. The materials used in creating a piece of artwork such as paint, marble, clay, or pastels, etc
  10. 15. the primary subject matter in a work of art, as opposed to the background or unoccupied spaces